Clipping:Anson wears a fielder's glove; the legality of a fielder's glove

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Date Wednesday, June 6, 1888
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[from R. M. Larner's column] Anson now wears a glove when playing first base. In this connection, Tom Burns considers that, under a strict construction of the rules, a glove should be considered a part of a player's clothing, and therefore any ball caught in a gloved hand should be decided not out, on the same principle that a fielder cannot retire a batsman by catching a ball in his cap or in his shirt. As a constructionist Tommy is quite fine.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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